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- Freshmen
- Undergraduates
- Grad Students
- Alumni
- Staff and Faculty
- Parents
- Employers
- International Students
- Campus Diversity Groups
Can't Find What You're Looking For?
- Services
- Need to meet with a career counselor? Need someone to review your resume? Anything where you want to interact with a person is here, from individual Pre-health Advising to Career Fairs.
- Resources
- Looking for the latest books
about your career? Want to be kept informed of the latest medical information? Looking for a job on campus? All the tools you need to help you are resources! - Guides
- Do you want to know how to write a cover letter or resume? Or maybe you want to know more about graduate school or pre-health. Guides has all the information you need to know about pursuing your degree and career.
Featured Resources
- Optimal Resume
NEW!! Check out OptimalResume.com for an easy way to begin your resume.
- I-Link
- I-Link, our new career management system, replaces I-Connect. Create a new account today! Please read the information posted on our I-Link page for more details.
- Podcasts for Freshmen
- Listen to Imants' podcasts for Freshmen.
- Health Careers Chronicle (blog)
- For UI students planning to apply to health programs.
- Facebook Page
Announcements!
- Virtual Career Fair for International Students: Open through May 16
- Many international students studying in the United States find the search for jobs and internships to be challenging. The Career Center is pleased to announce that our international students now have the opportunity to connect with interested employers through a virtual career fair just for international students.
- Sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the NACE International Students Virtual Career Fair is free and open to international students at NACE member schools who:
- wish to return to their home country for full-time or internship/co-op opportunities.
- are currently pursuing one-year Optional Practical Training (OPT) and/or long-term opportunities in the United States.
- are currently pursuing summer Curricular Practical Training (CPT) internships in the United States.
- The fair opens to students on February 18 and runs through May 16. Through the fair, you’ll have access to interested employers and their full-time, internship, and co-op opportunities.
- Register Today!
- Go to
http://asp.symplicity.com/nacelinkvcf and click on the “NACE International Student Virtual Career Fair” button. Then, select “Candidate Registration” and follow instructions (school is Urbana University)!
- Summer Services
- The Career Center will be open throughout the summer, and counseling staff will be available for for 45-minute appointments.
- Pre-health drop-ins will be available throughout the summer; dates and times TBA soon.
- Resume critiquers will also be available throughout the summer; dates and times TBA soon.
- The Career Center is doing some renovations so please pardon our dust as you pass through. Your counselor will meet you in The Career Resource Center during renovations since office spaces have shifted.
- Always Illinois
- When you start job hunting, you need an Always Illinois account to assist with your networking! What is it? Always Illinois is the Illinois social networking community, with options to connect with staff and alumni, join interest groups, network with professionals in your area of interest, and explore careers. Visit the site:http://www.alwaysillinois.org
- JobWeb
- Visit JobWeb at http://www.jobweb.com for a smorgasbord of resources on searching for jobs, evaluating offers, setting realistic salary expectations, and more. There are sections for students, parents, employers, and college professionals.
- University of Arizona & University of Illinois Invite students to take part in a unique national collaborative job search workshop
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log in to a live interactive job search webcast
May 20 at 7PM (central time)
http://breeze.ltc.arizona.edu/csjobsearch2008 - Don't Have a Summer Job Yet?: This workshop is designed to help students identify and implement the best job search resources from around the country